Knights Court - an Excellent Place to Stay

We found Knights Court Hostel on www.booking.com and booked through www.booking.com but you can also book through Knights Court's own website which is http://knightscourt.lv/en/ and they can be contacted by email: info@knightscourt.lv

We stayed here in early November 2013.

It is called a Hostel, but it is more like a B&B in comfort, and breakfast is included. We had a private room with shared bathroom, but the great advantage was that the room next door to us was unoccupied for our first night, so we had the large bathroom to ourselves.

We were there in early November (having got a bus from Tallinn), and we were notified that the reception closed at 8pm. We emailed them to advise that we were arriving by bus (Ecolines) from Tallinn, and that we would be walking from the bus terminal to the accommodation. We decided to walk because we did not yet have Latvian currency (Lats) and it was likely that the banks or exchange bureaus may be closed when we arrived, so we would not have the ability to pay a bus fare in Latvian currency.

The staff emailed us with detailed and accurate walking directions.

When we checked in, we were very pleasantly surprised with the beautiful and spacious room we were allocated. We were close by to the Reception desk. There is a breakfast room nearby, a bathroom, one other guest room, and a common room with a couch where you can sit and enjoy a hot drink. The receptionist was very kind and friendly, and she was helpful with information about best places for foreign exchange, and different bus numbers, and walking directions to get to the Old Town.

We also found an Uzbek cuisine restaurant with an excellent value "business lunch" in the same street. The "business lunch" was only 3 Latvian Lats each, and pn the day we went, the set menu for the day for the Business Lunch consisted of a large bowl of delicious pumpkin soup, and a large plate of pulau (rice dish with bits of lamb and vegetables, and seasoned with spices), plus tea and Uzbek bread.

Unique Quality: Great breakfast, clean, pretty good location. We recommend this accommodation.In walking distance from the bus and train stations, and also the markets, and the Old Town.And there is a bus stop just nearby, if you need to catch a bus.

quiet, but a little far from center

The people from the hostel are very nice and helpfull. For 5 Lat they will do your laundry. You can also print documents. There is a fridge. The room is clean and basic, the bed is small. It is very quiet, but a litlle walk to the center. Bus 50 stops in front of the hotel taking you to the center.

Unique Quality: Quietness

Directions: Look in a courtyard, the house are funny numbered. You cannot see the hostel in the street itself.